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The Beggar's Opera

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

written by Mr Gay
With the original music newly realised and conducted by DAVID CAIN for this production which celebrated the 250th anniversary of the first production at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's Inn Fields on Monday 29 January 1728.
PRAETORIUS CONSORT director CHRISTOPHER BALL Directed by IAN COTTERELL
(Patrick Stewart is a member of the RSC)

Contributors

Conducted By:
David Cain
Directed By:
Ian Cotterell
Directed By:
Patrick Stewart
Captain Macheath:
Gary Bond
Polly Peachum:
Jan Waters
Lucy Locket:
Sarah Badel
Mr Peachum:
Patrick Stewart
Mrs Peachum:
Patricia Routledge
Mr Locket:
Harold Kasket
Filch:
Kenneth Shanley
Jenny Diver:
Elizabeth Proud
The Beggar/Harry Paddington:
Timothy Bateson
The Player/Nimming Ned:
Brian Sanders
Mat of the Mint:
Michael Harbour
Drawer/Crook-fingered Jack:
Alaric Cotter
Jemmy Twitcher/Robin of Bag-shot:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Wat Dreary:
Leslie Fyson
Ben Budge:
Henry Knowles
Mrs Coaxer:
Ehzabeth Bell
Dolly Trull:
Rachel Cook
Mrs Vixen:
Anne Rosenfeld
Betty Doxy:
Jan Waters
Mrs Slammekin:
Sarah Badel
Suky Tawdry:
Jane Knowles
Molly Brazen:
Heather Bell
Mrs Diana Trapes:
Patricia Routledgi
Source: Radio Times

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